R.I. manufacturers not profiting from ongoing trade wars

NOT HELPING: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc. The Pawtucket company says long-term planning has been disrupted by tariff-induced price increases. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO
NOT HELPING: Machine operator Maria Dacruz works on the production floor of Neocorp Inc. The Pawtucket company says long-term planning has been disrupted by tariff-induced price increases. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/­MICHAEL SALERNO

It’s not that manufacturers are unaccustomed to dealing with price hikes or supply chain disruptions. The pandemic is an all-too-recent reminder of economic upheaval in an industry that’s been trying to reinvent itself locally for decades. As this week’s cover story reports, it’s the monthslong uncertainty surrounding those tariff-induced costs and the shifting availability of

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